Definition
a primitive root; to rend, i.e. open (especially the mouth)
Traditional renderings: deliver, gape, open, rid, utter.
Traditional renderings: deliver, gape, open, rid, utter.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders פָּצָה:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
15 total
- Genesis 4:11פָּצְתָ֣ה · has openedNow you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
- Numbers 16:30וּפָצְתָ֨ה · opensBut if the LORD brings about something unprecedented, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD with contempt.”
- Deuteronomy 11:6פָּצְתָ֤ה · opened…and what He did in the midst of all the Israelites to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and every living thing that belonged to them.
- Judges 11:35פָּצִ֤יתִי־ · have given my wordAs soon as Jephthah saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “No! Not my daughter! You have brought me to my knees! You have brought great misery upon me, for I have given my word to the LORD and cannot take it back.”
- Judges 11:36פָּצִ֤יתָה · you have given your word“My father,” she replied, “you have given your word to the LORD. Do to me as you have said, for the LORD has avenged you of your enemies, the Ammonites.”
- Job 35:16יִפְצֶה־ · opensSo Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”
- Psalm 22:13פָּצ֣וּ · They openThey open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.
- Psalm 66:14פָּצ֥וּ · promised…the vows that my lips promised and my mouth spoke in my distress.
- Psalm 144:7פְּצֵ֣נִי · set me freeReach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners,
- Psalm 144:10הַ֭פּוֹצֶה · who frees…to Him who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly sword.
- Psalm 144:11פְּצֵ֥נִי · Set me freeSet me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.
- Isaiah 10:14וּפֹצֶ֥ה · openedMy hand reached as into a nest to seize the wealth of the nations. Like one gathering abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth. No wing fluttered, no beak opened or chirped.’”
- Lamentations 2:16פָּצ֨וּ · openAll your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see it!”
- Lamentations 3:46פָּצ֥וּ · openAll our enemies open their mouths against us.
- Ezekiel 2:8פְּצֵ֣ה · OpenAnd you, son of man, listen to what I tell you. Do not be rebellious like that rebellious house. Open your mouth and eat what I give you.”